|
AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, technology briefs
Nov 03, 2009 (AME Info - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
GLOBALFOUNDRIES CHIEF RESIGNS: The head of Abu Dhabi-controlled microchip maker Globalfoundries has resigned following media reports linking him to an insider-trading scandal, the National has reported. Hector Ruiz previously led the chip maker AMD, which spun off its manufacturing assets to create Globalfoundries this year. Ruiz's resignation is effective from January 4 but he will take leave of absence immediately, the company said in a statement.
NEW INITIATIVE TO BOOST ARABIC CONTENT ON WEB: Bahrain has announced a new initiative to increase the amount of Arabic online content, Gulf Daily News has reported. Bahrain's eGovernment Authority and the United Nations Development Programme are joining hands to create the Centre for eContent Development, which will be headquartered in Bahrain and 'increase significantly' Arabic content in websites from the present one percent.
To see more of AME Info, go to http://www.ameinfo.com. Copyright (c) 2009, AME
Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call
800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The
Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.
[ Back To it.tmcnet.com's Homepage ]
|